| Term | Definition |
| Non-vascular plants | have no real roots, stems, or leaves |
| algea | live in water or moist soil and possess chlorophyll |
| fungi | non- green plants that lack chlorophyll; mushrooms, molds, and mildew |
| lichens | flowerless plant that consists of algea and fungi living together as a single unit |
| mosses | non- flowering green plants on land with root-like stem-like and leaf-like structures |
| vascular plants | have true roots, stems, and leaves |
| without seeds | grow in damp shady places, and reproduce by means of spores |
| with seeds | conifers, gymnosperms, and ginkoes |
| gymnosperms | have uncovered seeds usually in cone-like structures |
| conifers | have needle like leaves, and some are evergreen or deciduous |
| ginkgoes | deciduous trees with fan-shaped leaves |
| male trees | produse pollen in cone-like structures |
| female trees | produse pairs of seeds |
| angiosperms | flowering plants with covered seeds usually in a fruit |
| monocots | have seeds with a single cotyledon |
| dicots | have seeds whith two cotyledons |